There are 20 Land Systems from 1950 - 1959 in the Military Factory.
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AMX-13 Started just at the end of World War II, development of the AMX-13 reached full production in 1952 with over 3,000 units built. An automatic loader negates the need for a fourth man in the turret, though manual loading is req...
ASU-57 The ASU-57 was a Soviet-designed system meant to provide a self-propelled anti-tank gun option to airborne elements. The ASU was armed with a 57mm main gun (hence the "57" occurring in the designation) but was lightly armored...
BRDM-1 The BRDM-1 series of amphibious scout cars first appeared in the late 1950s and would serve as the principle armored car in service with the Red Army until eventually being replaced by the equally successful BRDM-2 series. Th...
BTR-50P The BTR-50 series of Soviet armored personnel carriers was developed in the 1950s and served for a time to good effect. The system proved to be reliable on the field and simple enough to produce in quantity therefore making i...
D-20 (M1955) The D-20 Towed Artillery may also be known as the M1955 or M-55 when mentioned in US documents. It was first seen publicly on parade by the West in 1955 (hence the M1955 designation) and replaced the aging ML-20 (M1937) towed...
FV214 Conqueror The British-produced Conqueror was designed to be fielded in conjunction with the hugely successful Centurion Main Battle Tank (still in service in many parts of the world today) in post-war Europe. The system was classified ...
Hornet Malkara The Hornet Malkara was the product of Cold War necessity designed to combat the heavy tanks of the Soviet Union, in particular the Soviet IS and T-10 models. More specifically, the Malkara was engineered as a portable air-dro...
M103 With the Cold War in full bloom, design of heavy tanks for the United States Army increased in an effort to mimic the success of the World War Two / Korean War-era M26 Pershing Heavy Tank (detailed elsewhere on this site). Th...
M108 The M108 was an armored, full track-laying vehicle that provided a self-propelled carriage for a 105mm howitzer. Adequately mobile, the M108 was utilized for direct support of combat teams when employed with armored personnel...
M41 Walker Bulldog The M41 Walker Bulldog was designed to replace the World War Two-era M24 Chaffee. Armed with a 76mm main gun, it was a very standardized tank, with driver front left and the weapons crew in the turret (loader left, gunner fro...
M-46 (Type 59) The M-46 is a 130mm, manually-loaded, towed artillery piece. Though phased out of service with the Russian Army (replaced by the 2S5 and M1976 guns), the M-46 still remains in service with several countries.
The M-46 is ca...
M47 Patton (Patton 1) The M47 Patton tank saw a short life in frontline service, being replaced promptly by the M48 Pattons as early as 1953 (the M47s entered service in 1951. Because of their short life, they did not see any combat service in the...
M50 Ontos The impressive-looking M50 Ontos (in the Greek meaning "The Thing") was built to a United States Marine Corps tank destroyer specification. With five prototypes built, and each fitted with differing calibers of recoilless rif...
M56 Scorpion The M56 (sometimes called the "Scorpion") was a fully tracked 90mm gun developed in the 1950s to provide airborne troops with a mobile anti-tank weapon. As such the system was used by airborne battalions and airborne infantry...
PT-76 The PT-76 was developed shortly after Second World War. The weapon system is designated as a "Light Amphibious Tank" featuring a crew of three and the ability to traverse varying depths of water.
The PT-76 is armed with th...
SA-2 Guideline The original SA-2 Guideline design was engineered to track down and destroy the less-maneuverable high-altitude American bombers, more precisely - the Air Force's stalwart, the B-52 Stratofortress.
The capabilities of the ...
SS-1 SCUD The SCUD missile system was the Soviet military long-range missile mainstay throughout the 70's and 80's. The system gained notoriety during the first Gulf War in 1991, where Saddam Hussein launched attacks against Israel and...
T-10 The T-10 can be considered the pinnacle "Josef Stalin" tank design as it is the tank that superceded previous forms and became the final product of the series. It sported an all new main gun, redesigned body and turret and pu...
T-55 The T-55 Medium Tank is probably the most internationally prolific piece of tracked armor as it can be found in dozens of military inventories across the globe. It has seen military frontline service from the invasion of Hung...
Type 59 The NORINCO-produced Type 59 was actually based on the purchase and subsequent local licensed production of the Soviet T-54 main battle tank (just redesignated as the Type 59 in Chinese service). The system, at least external...
